Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, also abstained from the vote, stating on her website: "It will make thousands of families worse off, push children into poverty and make some children matter less than others.

On Friday, India abstained on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution condemning Israel over a UN report into the war crimes committed during the 2014 Tel Aviv's assault on Gaza- marking a significant change in India's stance.

The opposition is successful in terms of proposal, because the 18-19 parties, which participated in the debate, opposed FDI, but two of them abstained at the time of voting, the government might have managed them.

Islamabad -- President Pakistan Muslim League-Q Chaudhary Shujat Hussain is all set to file a reference for the disqualification of MNAs who abstained from voting during Friday's Prime Ministerial elections.

They found that people living less than 500 meters from the closest store selling tobacco were less likely to have abstained from smoking at 26 weeks than people living greater than 500 meters from such stores.

We did not reach a final decision after evaluating the issue thus we abstained from voting because we respect our principles as sanctions proved to be ineffective on the international scene," he added.

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